[amsat-bb] Re: Sumbandila

2009-08-12 Thread Trevor .
Thanks for the info Pieter. 73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Wed, 12/8/09, Pieter Kotze wrote: > Intended orbit is around 500km to meet the imaging payload > requirements.  At this altitude and with the limited > propulsion on board, 3 years is a good estimate of the > satellite lifetime due to re-entry.

[amsat-bb] Re: Sumbandila blog

2009-09-28 Thread Luc Leblanc
On 28 Sep 2009 at 9:52, Pieter Kotze wrote: Date sent: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:52:52 +0200 From: Pieter Kotze Subject:[amsat-bb] Sumbandila blog To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > For those who would like to keep up with what is happening see

[amsat-bb] Re: Sumbandila (SO-67) in safe mode

2010-10-16 Thread Hans van de Groenendaal
Johan I have updated the SA AMSAT web. Please keep me informed of progress Hans Hans van de Groenendaal Features Editor EngineerIT 012 991 4662 082 781 4631 - Original Message - From: "Johann Lochner" To: Cc: "Hans van de Groenendaal" ; "Allan Saul" ; "Ib Christoffersen" ; "Andrew Gl

[amsat-bb] Re: [Sumbandila: 216] SO-67 28Nov2009 1340-1345z

2009-11-28 Thread John Meeks
John, Same observation here. Likewise for the central USA (1514z) pass. John Meeks KC8ZFN On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 8:54 AM, John Papay wrote: > SO-67 was not heard over the eastern USA as > scheduled. It could be that there was a problem > with my receiver but it was working on the earlier >

[amsat-bb] Re: [Sumbandila: 250] SO-67 back on air!

2010-06-21 Thread Madhukar KR
Dear Sumbandila Team, Congrats and Thanks for getting SO-67 back on the air again. Will certainly look forward to work through the Satellite again. We fully understand the requirement for activation during Day time passes. Since most of us here in India use simple "Fixed" antenna setups - please

[amsat-bb] Re: [Sumbandila: 286] Temporary suspension of SO-67 service

2010-01-25 Thread Mothibi Ramusi
Hello Jan, Has there been any test on the telecommunication payload? Regards, From: sumband...@googlegroups.com [mailto:sumband...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jan-Albert Koekemoer Sent: 25 January 2010 01:01 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Cc: sumband...@googlegroups.com Subject: [Sumbandi

[amsat-bb] Re: [Sumbandila: 127] RE: SA-AMSAT payload activation on SO-67

2009-11-07 Thread Hans
Thanks Alan Your reports are much appreciated 73 Hans ZS6AKV - Original Message - From: "Alan Cresswell" To: "'Jan-Albert Koekemoer'" ; Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 12:39 AM Subject: [Sumbandila: 127] RE: [amsat-bb] SA-AMSAT payload activation on SO-67 > > Excellent 19 de